Technical Marketing Engineer – Validated Lab & Proofs

Cisco Systems, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Technical Marketing Engineer on the Cisco Validated team to lead validation workstreams for integrated solutions, building and testing lab environments that mirror real customer deployments.

You will capture evidence, identify gaps, document outcomes, and translate findings into assets for sales, architects, partners, and customers, while growing lab practices and cross-portfolio ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field with 8+ years of hands-on experience.
• Experience in at least one technical domain (networking, security, cloud, collaboration, data center) with depth in one.
• Experience contributing to technical work across product, engineering, field, sales, or cross-functional teams.
• Experience executing validation plans, capturing evidence, documenting findings, and communicating results.
• Working knowledge of Cisco portfolio and hands-on experience across Cisco technologies or solution domains.
• Ability to stay adaptable in ambiguous environments with shifting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead defined validation workstreams for integrated Cisco solutions under Sr. TME guidance.
• Build, configure, test, and troubleshoot lab environments that reflect real customer deployment scenarios.
• Execute validation plans, capture evidence, identify issues, and document repeatable outcomes.
• Partner with Sr. TMEs, BU product managers, BU TMEs, architects, field teams, and Cisco Validated peers to keep validation work technically credible and field-relevant.
• Support earlier-career TMEs and external partner resources by sharing lab practices, troubleshooting approaches, and validation lessons learned.

Skills

Networking

Security

Cloud

Collaboration

Data center

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology

Job description

Cisco Systems, Inc. is seeking a Technical Marketing Engineer on the Cisco Validated team to lead validation workstreams for integrated solutions, building and testing lab environments that mirror real customer deployments.

You will capture evidence, identify gaps, document outcomes, and translate findings into assets for sales, architects, partners, and customers, while growing lab practices and cross-portfolio ownership.